acacia noir vs western salwood

Acacia decurrens compared with Acacia lamprocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	acacia noir	western salwood
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Acacia	Acacia
Species	Acacia decurrens	Acacia lamprocarpa

Evolutionary Relationship

acacia noir and western salwood share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Acacia.

Conservation Status

acacia noir

LC — Least Concern

western salwood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	acacia noir	western salwood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

acacia noir

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

western salwood

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.